Bulletin Spring 1989

Cultural Events * The Department of Chemistry organized the following seminars: —Dr . Ying Hung So, M.E. Pruitt Research Center of the Dow Chemical Company, USA, spoke on Thermally Stable Polymers' on 3rd January. —D r . Louis M. Leung, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist College, spoke on 'Mi c r odoma i n Structure of Polyurethane' on 3rd March. -Professor Paul J. Scheuer, Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, spoke on ‘Biosynthesis i n Marine Sponges' on 10th March. The seminar was jointly organized with the Chinese Medicinal Material Research Centre. —Professor Huang Wenhong, Department of Chemistry, Zhongshan University, China, spoke on ‘Synthesis of Dissymmetric Biary l Compounds' on 17th March. * The Faculty of Business Administration hosted two international conferences sponsored by the Fung King Hey Memorial Research Fund, the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre, and Mr. Liu Jinbiao of the Giant Manufacturing Company Limited: - A n International Conference on Entrepreneurship held from 3rd to 4th January, where scholars and entrepreneurs from different parts of the world participated and examined the experiences of entrepreneurs in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. —The Symposium of Economic Development: China Experiences, held from 6th to 7th January, where the economic development policy of China and Taiwan and the prospect of regional economic development were among topics discussed. * The Research Centre for Translation of the University and the Commercial Press (HK) Ltd. jointly sponsored the 'Fifteen Years of Renditions, exhibition from 3rd to 5th January, in the exhibition room o f the Press. Lady Wilson officiated at the opening ceremony. Renditions is a literary Chinese-Englis h translation magazine published since 1973 by the Research Centre for Translation of the University. Highlighting the exhibition was a special issue of Renditions on Hong Kong (December 1988), with literary works spanning the history of Hong Kong from its emergence as an international financial centre to its future status as part of China. Renditions Books and Renditions Paperbacks, a series of book-length translations of modem and classical Chinese literature launched since 1986, were also on display. Over the past fifteen years, Renditions has been striving to make Chinese literature in English a pleasure to read. Its high standard of excellence has won Renditions the respect of scholars world-wide, while the lively, readable quality of the translations has attracted the general reader as well. Probably n o other source of Chinese literature in English offers such an extraordinary range of classical and contemporary fiction, drama, prose and poetry. The fifteen years' publishing achievement on display in the Exhibition represented a strong commitment to bringing the best of a great t r ad i t i on to an English-reading public. * Chung Chi College invited Professor Qian Jiaju, a well-known economist from China, for a visit to the College from 9th January to 3rd February, as its Siu-lien Ling Wong Visiting Scholar (1988-89). Professor Qian delivered a public lecture entitled The Reform of Chinese Economic System - Retrospect and Prospect' on 13th January. * The Department of Music organized the following activities: — A piano-zheng lecture-recital by Jimmy Sun Ngan on 11th January. —Maurice Ravel song-and-piano lecture-recital by Ruth Wilcox (soprano) and Siglind Bruhn (piano) on 18th January. —Vo c al recital by Ms. Chan Siu-kwan, soprano, on 27th February, with Ms. Irene Yip Chiu Leung at the piano. - T e n o r recital by Mr. Li Lie Gang on 20th March. - T h e following lecture-demonstrations were presented by the Chinese Music Archive: Professor He Chang-lin of the Institute of Tr ad i t i onal Chinese Music spoke on 'Bibliographical Studies and Fieldwork’ on 18th March. 16